Ezekiel 43 ISV NIV Parallel

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1Next, he brought me to the east-facing gate,

1Then the man brought me to the gate facing east,

2and the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east. His voice sounded like roaring water, and the land shimmered from his glory.

2and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with his glory.

3His appearance in the vision that I was having was similar to what I observed in the vision where he had come to destroy the city, and also like the visions that I saw by the Chebar River. I fell flat on my face

3The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when he came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown.

4while the glory of the LORD entered the Temple through the east-facing gate.

4The glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.

5Just then, the Spirit lifted me up and carried me into the inner courtyard, where the glory of the LORD was filling the Temple!

5Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

6I heard someone speaking to me from the Temple, and a man appeared, standing beside me!

6While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple.

7"Son of Man," the Lord GOD told me, "This is where my throne is, where I place the soles of my feet, and where I will live among the Israelis forever. The house of Israel will no longer defile my holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their unfaithfulness, by the lifeless idols of their kings on their funeral mounds,

7He said: "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. The people of Israel will never again defile my holy name--neither they nor their kings--by their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings at their death.

8by their setting up their threshold too close to my threshold and their door post too close to my door post, with a wall between me and them. After all, they have defiled my holy name by the loathsome things that they did, so I devoured them in my anger.

8When they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I destroyed them in my anger.

9But now let them send their unfaithfulness—that is, the lifeless idols of their kings—far away from me, and I will live among them forever."

9Now let them put away from me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will live among them forever.

10"And now, Son of Man, describe the Temple to the house of Israel. They will be ashamed because of their sin. They will measure its pattern.

10"Son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their sins. Let them consider its perfection,

11If they are ashamed of everything that they've done, you are to reveal to them the design of the Temple, its structure, its exits and entrances, its plans, its ordinances, and all of its regulations. Write it down where they can see it and remember all of its designs and regulations, so they will implement them.

11and if they are ashamed of all they have done, make known to them the design of the temple--its arrangement, its exits and entrances--its whole design and all its regulations and laws. Write these down before them so that they may be faithful to its design and follow all its regulations.

12This is to be the regulation for the Temple: the entire area on top of the mountain is to be considered wholly consecrated. This is to be the law of the Temple."

12"This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area on top of the mountain will be most holy. Such is the law of the temple.

13"Here are the measurements of the altar in cubits that were a cubit and a handbreadth long: its base is a cubit long and a cubit wide, and its border around the edge at one handbreadth is to be the height of the altar.

13"These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits, that cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth: Its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around the edge. And this is the height of the altar:

14From the base on the ground to its lower edge is to be two cubits, with its width to be one cubit. From the lesser ledge to the larger edge is to be four cubits. Its width is to be one cubit.

14From the gutter on the ground up to the lower ledge that goes around the altar it is two cubits high, and the ledge is a cubit wide. From this lower ledge to the upper ledge that goes around the altar it is four cubits high, and that ledge is also a cubit wide.

15The hearth is to be four cubits high, and four horns are to extend upwards from the hearth.

15Above that, the altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.

16The hearth is to be twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide; that is, it will be a four-sided square.

16The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.

17It is to have a ledge fourteen cubits long by fourteen cubits wide around the four sides. Its border is to be half a cubit and its base is to be a cubit all around, with its steps facing east."

17The upper ledge also is square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide. All around the altar is a gutter of one cubit with a rim of half a cubit. The steps of the altar face east."

18Then he told me, "This is what the Lord GOD says: 'These are the regulations for the altar, starting the day that it is constructed for presenting burnt offerings and sprinkling blood.

18Then he said to me, "Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: These will be the regulations for sacrificing burnt offerings and splashing blood against the altar when it is built:

19You are to present to the Levitical priests, Zadok's descendants, who will approach me to serve me, a young bull for a sin offering,' declares the Lord GOD.

19You are to give a young bull as a sin offering to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who come near to minister before me, declares the Sovereign LORD.

20You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of its ledge, and on the border that surrounds it, thus cleansing it and making an atonement for it.

20You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the upper ledge and all around the rim, and so purify the altar and make atonement for it.

21You are also to present a bull for a sin offering, incinerating it in the appointed place at the Temple, outside the sanctuary.

21You are to take the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the designated part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.

22The second day following commencement of offerings, you are to offer a male goat without defect for a sin offering to cleanse the altar the same way they cleansed it with the bull.

22"On the second day you are to offer a male goat without defect for a sin offering, and the altar is to be purified as it was purified with the bull.

23After you've finished the cleansing, you are to present a young bull without defect and a ram from the flock without defect.

23When you have finished purifying it, you are to offer a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect.

24You are to present them in the LORD's presence, and the priests are to throw salt on them and then present them as a burnt offering to the LORD.

24You are to offer them before the LORD, and the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.

25Every day for a week, you are to prepare a goat for a sin offering, a young bull, and a ram from the flock, each without defect.

25"For seven days you are to provide a male goat daily for a sin offering; you are also to provide a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect.

26For a seven day period they are to make atonement for the altar, purifying it and consecrating it.

26For seven days they are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; thus they will dedicate it.

27When they will have completed this period, starting the next day, the priests are to offer your burnt offerings on the altar, along with your peace offerings, and I will accept you,' declares the Lord GOD."

27At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Sovereign LORD."

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